I remember the phrase “if you build it, they will come” as the catch phrase of one of the most boring films I have ever seen. In any case two years ago I highlighted that the cycle parking at Oxted station was over-subscribed and last year the council (or perhaps Railtrack) built an additional cycle parking facility in an out-of-the-way spot, near the station (above). Sure enough this is now overflowing, and the pre-existing cycle railings are also fully utilised (see below).

In fact there has been a phenomenal growth in cycling in Oxted, even though it is not one of Surrey’s cycling hotspots and therefore gets less investment and infrastructure than other parts of the county.